Phonographic tablet



V. H. EMERSON.

PHONOGRAPHIC TABLET.

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VICTOR H. EMERSON, 0F NEW YORK, 1U'. Y.

PHNOGRAPHIC TABLET.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 6, 1919. Serial No. 315,632.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that l, VICTOR H. EMERSON, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Phonographic Tablets, of whichthe following is a specification. t

yMy invention relates to improvements in phonographic tablets,particularly tablets having a special shape and capable of repro flucingsounds of special character.

An aim of my invention is to provide a tablet made in imitation of theappearance of a well known animate or inanimate ob ject, and comprisinga phonographic record that can reproduce sounds which the hearergenerally associates with that object. F or example, if the `tabletrepresents a living creature, the record will be adapted to reproducesounds characteristic of that crea-- ture or pertaining toit, orappropriate in some other way. Hence, the tablet can be used forpurposes both of entertainment and instruction; especially when the`record is played in the presence of young persons.

@ther advantages of my invention will be fully set lforth in thefollowing description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, which form a part of same; and

the novel features of my idea will be pre'- cisely defined in theappended claims. rThis disclosure however is explanatory only; and lreserve the right to utilize embodiments of my invention in additiontowhat lf actually show, within the scope and spirit of my invention, tothe full'extent ,indicated and by the general meanings of the terms inwhich the claims are expressed.

On the drawings,

Figure l is a plan view of a phonographic tablet made in accordance withmy inven` tion, and

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through hi Y l.

lhe same reference characters identify the same parts throughout.

The tablet is shown at l. lt may be for the most part of card board, orany other suitable substance; and it embraces a member 2, affixedpreferably in central position, as by means of an eyelet rivet 3. Thisrivet .not only secures the member 2 in place, but

also furnishes the central aperture which enables the tablet to beapplied to the central stud or projection of the turn-table of a talking machine. It will be understood that the member 2 can be of anymaterial suitable for inscribing the grooves of the record that en-`gages the needle of the sound boX of the talking machine; and suchgrooves are indicated by the numeral 4 As shown in Fig. 1, the tablethas the general appearance of a bird, such as a parrot; sitting upon aperch 5. The head of the parrot is shown at 6 on one side of the mem'-ber 2; and the tail 7 on the opposite side; while the member 2 issecured over rto the body of the bird. lf give the tablet the generalshape or Aoutline of a parrot occupying the position indicated and markupon the surface, by painting, printing or otherwise, in suitablecolors, the features 4and other physical traits of the creature to giveit a natural and life-like appearance. A large part of the surface iscovered by the record 4; or, more properly speaking, by the member 2which carries said record. lin practice the sound grooves 4 will ofcourse be capable of reproducing the call of the bird, or in some casesthe song or chirp of the same.

ln its finished form, the tablet will be very attractive in appearance;and will be capable of use for purpose of amusement, entertainment orinstruction. I can of course make the tablet in imitation of birds thatare known for the sweetness of their songs, as well as birds which areunableto emit anything but harsher cries; and lf can likewise use thetablet to reproduce both the notes of song birds and the sounds of birdswhich, though not classed as song birds, are gifted with distinctive andinteresting cries; for the benefit of persons wishing to hear suchsounds for educational and other purposes.

ll can further make the tablet in imitation of the appearance of animalsother than birds and inscribe thereon a record that will be appropriatein each case. l can even make the tablet to represent an inanimateobjectand cause the phonograph record to `reproduce sounds which are in someway connected with or descriptive of same.

Having described my lnvention, what lf ratenteu ee. ra, roei.

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believe to be new -and desire to secure as having embodied substantiallyall within the Letters Patent of the United States is: outline of theobject record grooyes contain- 10 l. A sound reproducible recordtablethaving `a sound record relating in subject mating a base Whosemargin simulates the outter to the object represented. 5 lines of anobject to which the subject mat- In testimony whereof I have hereuntoset ter of the record relates. my hand.

2. A sound reproducible record tablet simulating the appearance of anobject and VICTOR H. EMERSON. [L. 5.]

